Experts: Béla Bisom & Neele Renzland of transmissions
Language: German
Please note: A good knowledge of German was necessary to be able to follow the workshop. Questions and statements were welcome in English.

Target group: The workshop is aimed at all interested actors in the cultural and creative industries who (have to) deal with travel expenses according to the Federal Travel Expenses Act (BRKG).

Neele Renzland and Béla Bisom from transmissions gave another introduction to the regulations of the Federal Travel Expenses Act (BRKG) and shared important basic information that are required for a complete and correct travel expense report. They addressed typical mistakes in the application and answered individual questions about (foreign) per diems, overnight allowance regulations, receipt retention obligations, mileage allowances & Co.

Please note: For trips funded by the individual German states Bundesländer), the individual state travel expense laws apply, which cannot be discussed in this workshop.

Kreativ-Transfer turns II !

Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (DTD) can continue the programme until May 2023.
To mark the restart, the DTD and its cooperation partners invited participants to an online kick-off - Kreativ-Transfer wird II - on 22 September 2021.

What have we learnt from Creative Transfer I - before and during the pandemic? In a brief review, we shared impressions and experiences from the programme with you. But above all, we looked to the future. Together with Kreativ-Transfer grantees, funders, cooperation partners, jurors and other interested parties, we discussed various questions and challenges relating to international networking.
We also provided information on the Creative Transfer II programme and offered the opportunity to exchange ideas with players in the cultural and creative industries.

A short documentation of the event is in progress.

Find the full programme here link

To kick off the week, we invited Grantees by Kreativ-Transfer to exchange ideas with colleagues from different industries: about trade fair visits and trips, maintaining contacts during the pandemic and networking in the digital space. Other topics included the opportunities and challenges of international distribution and, of course, forging plans for the future.

Armed with pots, soil and water, we planted wild herbs together and exchanged visions for a promising future.

Two-day workshop series with three different topics: Green Mobility, How to ... Travel Expenses? & Review Kreativ-Transfer.

28 April 2021 | Green Mobility
As a programme that primarily supports travel to international trade fairs and festivals and aims to facilitate international networking and cooperation, we want to and must dedicate ourselves to the topic of green mobility.
Together with Thorsten Koska | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy gGmbH, Fine Stammnitz | Green Touring Network and actors from the fields of games, visual arts and performing arts, we tackled the topic and discussed individual options for action. And we did not ignore the different socio-economic framework conditions.

Dokumentation Green Mobility

29 April 2021 | How to … Reisekostenabrechnung?

On the second day of the event, Neele Renzland and Béla Bisom | transmissions GmbH gave an introduction to the regulations of the German Federal Travel Expenses Act (BRKG) and shared all the important basic information required for a complete and correct travel expense report. They addressed typical errors in application and answered individual questions about (foreign) daily allowances, the obligation to retain receipts, kilometre allowances and more.

Handout RKA
(Die Informationen wurden sorgfältig recherchiert und aufbereitet, sie sind jedoch nicht rechtsverbindlich und können keine professionelle Rechtsberatung ersetzen.)

29 April 2021 | Review Kreativ-Transfer – a pilot programme
Kreativ-Transfer was launched at the beginning of 2019 with the aim of strengthening the international networking and visibility of players in the cultural and creative industries - in the performing arts, visual arts and games - on the international market. The promotion of travel to international trade fairs, festivals and platforms was a central component of the programme. Until the pandemic made travelling and attending events almost impossible. With the alternative funding of ‘international networking and professionalisation projects’, the programme endeavoured to continue supporting the international networking activities of those involved.

In addition, Kreativ-Transfer invited participants to various - analogue and digital - exchange and networking meetings and workshops.
The first funding period of the programme ended in April 2021. We have therefore invited you to look back on more than two years of Kreativ-Transfer together, share your experiences and get your feedback.

[Translate to English:]

Together with experts Thea Dymke | Co-Founder WITY - What's important to you, Yohann Floch | Fresh Arts Coalition Europe and Karoline Pfeiffer | Somatic Body Coach, around 100 participants from the fields of performing arts, visual arts and games discussed the topics of self-marketing and international communication on 27 January 2021.

They shared knowledge, tips and tools to successfully present and communicate their artistic projects and creative ideas on the international market. In ten productive working groups and plenary discussions, current needs for action were addressed based on specific projects from the participants.

With our sketchnotes, we record a selection of aha-moments, ideas and questions to yourself from the working groups. Many thanks to all participants for the exciting exchange!

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In addition to hot punch and an ‘Update Kreativ-Transfer’, there was above all space to get to know each other, exchange ideas and speed-network with colleagues from the performing arts, visual arts and games industry.

We officially launched the Kreativ-Transfer programme with a kick-off event in Berlin on 22 March 2019.

We interviewed companies, artists and games developers, producers, gallery owners and project space operators as well as representatives of the programme partners and the BKM about the opportunities and challenges of international work and networking, discussed them together, collected ideas and provided information about the funding programme.

Photos: © Eva Radünzel